Buenechea
Encyclopedia
Buenechea is a the Spanish spelling
of a Basque surname
which also occurs in the variants Bonechea, Buonechea, Boenechea and Bonachea. The modern Basque spellings
are Buenetxea and Bonetxea. This surname is especially numerous in Gipuzkoa.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
of a Basque surname
Basque surnames
Basque surnames on the whole are easily identifiable, reasonably well documented and follow a small number of set patterns. The vast majority of all Basque surnames are not patronymic , or based on personal features but refer to the family's etxea, the historically all important family home.When a...
which also occurs in the variants Bonechea, Buonechea, Boenechea and Bonachea. The modern Basque spellings
Batua
Standard Basque is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version throughout the Basque Country...
are Buenetxea and Bonetxea. This surname is especially numerous in Gipuzkoa.
Notable people
- Domingo de BonecheaDomingo de BonecheaDomingo de Bonechea Andonaegui , born on August 8, 1713 in Getaria, Basque Country, died in Tahiti in 1775, was an explorer for the Spanish crown...
, an 18th century explorar - Manuel de Agote y Bonechea (1775-1803) from Getaria who kept a diary of his travels with the Spanish Royal Philippines Company.
- Manuel de Buenechea, pilot of the doomed ship OriflamaOriflamaOriflamme was a 56-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was built at Toulon and launched on 1743 by engineer and builder Pierre Blaise Coulomb. The ship was named for the long, multi-tailed red banner that was historically the battle standard of the medieval French monarchy...
- Vicente de Bonechea, (later spelled Buenechea), an entrepreneur from ZarautzZarautzZarautz is a coastal town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.The town is a popular tourist destination with the population swelling from its usual 22,812 to around 60,000 in summer. The Palace of Narros, located adjacent to Zarautz's 2.8 km long beach,...
in the 1850s. Known as "Vicente Txiki," he had a salting business whose barrels were used as the drums for the first TamborradaTamborradaEvery year on 20 January , the people of the city of San Sebastián, celebrate a festival known as the "Tamborrada". At midnight, in the Konstituzio Plaza in the "Alde Zaharra/Parte Vieja" , the mayor raises the flag of San Sebastián. For 24 hours, day and night, the entire city is awash with the...
s in the 1850s. His son Pedro ("Perico Chipiron") was a judge and property owner who acquired buildings in Aldamar, San Sebastian, and businesses in the nearby old quarter, which still survive as Buenechea y Hernando.